Sadiron attachment



June 13, 1939. Nv A 2,162,140

SADIRON ATTACHMENT Filed March 12, 1938 IN VENT OR. flarmcu'vfl l eai ATTORNEYS.

Patented June 13, 1939 PATENT OFFICE 2,162,140 SADIBON ATTACHMENT Norman D. Vea, Dover,

Ohio. Illlgnor to Knapp- Monarch Company, St'hnis, Mm, a corpora- Missouri tion of Application March 12. 1938, Scial No. 195,533

Claims.

I My invention relates to sadirons and in particular to electric sadirons provided with terminals which must be protected by some means so that an electric connection may always accu- 5 rately be made thereto. I

Among the objects of my invention is the provision of a terminal guard for an electric sadiron which is easy to install and relatively inexpensive to manufacture.

Another object is the provision of a terminal Guard for an electric iron which can be assembled thereon without the necessity of using any screws. rivets or auxiliary securing means.

Still another object is to provide a terminal I guard for an electric iron provided with a casing surrounding the iron which can be hooked thereto when in a tilted position and then swung into erect position and attached to a stationary portion of the iron by means of another hooked an arrangement engaging a handle bracket so that the guardis held rigidly in place in assembled position.

A further object is to provide an electric iron .with a terminal guard attachment having proas jections adapted to be anchored in the iron casing when the guard is in a tilted position and Y which allow the guard to be swung into an erectposition where a pair of hooks located on another side of said guard can be brought into engage- 80 ment with a handle of the iron, said guard being further provided with a support at the base cooperable with the hooked supports to hold it rigidly upon the base so that it will not tilt from one side to the otheronce the guard is attached as in an assembled position.

, Still a further object is the provision of a combined heel rest and terminal guard provided with a pair othooked attachments, one of which is engageable with the base of an iron when in so a tilted position and the other of whichis adapted to engage a portion of the handle while still in a tilted position so that the entire heel rest and guard may be swung as a unit with the handle into an erect iii place pon the iron. Y

A further objct'is the provision of a combination heel rest and guard made froma single stamping which'is assembled as a unit by means of a minimum number of connections upon the main portion of an electric sadiron.

with these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts 01' my device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained. as hereinafter more fully set forth,

tion and there secured in.

pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the rear portion of a sadiron.

Figure 2 is a horizontal section taken on the 6 line 2-2 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the guard showing a portion of the iron to which it is attached. 10

. one manufacturer may be capable of competing with his competitors. By originating new improvements for his iron which permit it to be constructed more inexpensively while still retaining the rugged construction demanded-by daily :5 I

use and abuse one manufacturer may gain a small but merited advantage over another. The construction furthermore must be designed with great accuracy and with a full appreciation of the requirements laid down in order to insure the periect safety required for household appliances designed to operate by an electric current.

It is the purpose of the construction disclosed herein to provide a terminal guard to shield the electric terminals oi such an appliance having as such a form that it can be clipped upon the easing thereof and secured in place by series of hooked projections properly spaced on the various sides of the guard so that once in assembled position the guard is held non-tiltably and rigidly 4. in place without the necessity of providing anything more than projections which actually form a part of the guard itself.

In the drawing a base for the iron is desig nated by the character A which is manipulated is by a handle B and the terminal guard is indicated generally by the letter C. The handle B is attached to the base by means oi a compound handle bracket ll having a rearward section I! extending substantially parallel with the com- 50 pound section ll downward into the base of the iron to which it is secured by means of a screw ii. A shell or casing "is shown superimposed over the internal parts of the iron and surmounts a sole plate ll.

The guard itself consists of a body having an upstanding elongated portion 22 at the rear which cooperates with a heel rest 24 on the shell to support the iron at rest in an upended position. At the lower rear portion of the body 20 there is provided a pair of hooks 26 which are adapted to be received in a pair of holes 28 properly sized to receive them and formed in the casing l6.

At the forward part of the body there is provided a pair of hooked projections 30 which by reason of the resiliency of the metallic sides of the body 20 can be pinched inward and then be permitted to spring back to their former position when occasion demands. The rearward section 12 of the handle bracket has formed therein a pair of. slots 32 which are of a size suiiicient to receive the hooked portions 30. Within the guard are shown electric terminals or posts 34 provided for the attachment of the customary cord.

At the forward part at the bottom of the body 20 there is provided a downward extending lug 36 of substantial width which is adapted to enter a suitable slot 38 in the casing in order to furnish additional support for the guard in assembled position. The use of this lug provides a support at three sides of the guard rather than at two.

When it is desired to assemble the guard in position upon an electric iron, the hooks 2B are first inserted in the corresponding slots 28 of the casing when the guard occupies the dotted position shown in Figure 1. With the hooks in place the guard is tilted upward in the direction of the arrow until the hooked projections 30 rest against therearward section I2. At this point the sides of the guard can be squeezed or pinched inward so that the ends of the hooked projections 30 are allowed to enter the slots '32 formed for their reception in the rearward extending section l2. Once the hooked projections have fully entered the slots 32 they spring outward again due to the resiliency of the metallic sides of the guardand securely lock the guard in place upon the iron. At this point the lug 36 enters its corresponding slot 38 and forms an added support for the guard upon the casing. There is therefore provided a means for clipping the terminal guard of an iron into place without the necessity of using any screws or rivets which might eventually become loose. The sturdy but resilient character of the mounting described retains the attachment at all times in a rigid assembly which never works loose as a result of constant use.

A modified form of the device shown in Figures 4 and 5 comprises a combined guard and heel rest indicated by the letter D which is shown attached to the base of an iron E manipulated by use of a handle F. The handle F is attached to the base by means of a handle bracket 40 which is secured to the base together with a casing by means of a screw 44.

In this embodiment the combined guard and heel rest is shown formed from a single stamping and isadapted to be att ached as a unit to with a pair of hooks 52 which are adapted to' the iron. The stamping is provided with a heel rest which functions together with 'an upward extending support 48 on a terminal guar portion 50 to support the iron in upended position when at rest.

The heel rest itself is provided at each side engage in complementary slots ,54 in the casing. At the front of the guard portion there is an- In assembling this combined heel rest and terminal guard, the hooks 52 of the heel rest are first attached within the corresponding slots 54 in the casing. Then while the guard is still in tilted position, the handle bracket! is attached to the hook support 54 upon which it is held more or less rigidly by reason of a snug fit between the sides of the slot 58 and the sides of the outwardly vbent projections 56. With the handle. in place all of the parts may be swung together as a unit from the tilted position to an erect position and there the entire assembly can. be secured in place by insertion'of the screw 44 in a corresponding hole in the handle bracket 40 by which it is secured to the base E. The entire assembly of the parts of this modification can therefore be accomplished in three operations. Namely the insertion of the hooks 52 in the casing, the application of. the handle bracket 40 to the hooked support of. the guard and the tightening of screw 44 into place.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts of my device without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims, any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents; which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim as my invention:

1. In an electric. iron assembly including a base and a handle attached thereto by means of a bracket the combination of a casing attached to the base and a guard for the electric terminals attached to the casing and to the handle bracket,

said guard comprising a hooked member on one side of theguard adapted to engage the casing tilted toerect position and adapted to cooperate with said hooked member in securing the guard in a rigid assembled position.

2. In an electric sadiron assembly including a base for supporting the parts, the combination of.

a casing forming a heel rest, a handle having a bracket therefor connecting it with thebase, and a guard for the electric contacts comprising a metallic member having a hook at the base of the rear portion and means forming a slot in the casing adapted to the reception of the hook when the guard is in tilted position, means forming a pair of slots in the handle bracket and a pair of hooked projections on the forward part of the guard adapted to be clamped within said slots when the guard is raised from a tilted to,.an upright position. i

3. In an electric sadiron assembly including a base for supporting the parts, the combination of a casing forming a heel rest, a handle having a bracket therefor connecting it with the base, and a guard for the electric contacts comprising a metallic member having anelongated rear portion forming a support cooperable with the heel rest, a hook-at the base of the rear portion and means forming a slot in the casing adapted to havethe hook insertable therein only when the of slots in the handle bracket and a pair of guard adapted to be pinched together and in- I serted into said slots when the guard is raised from a tilted to an upright position and a downward extending lug at the forward part of the guard adapted to engage an apertured portion of "the casing when the guard is in an upright hook the bracket thereto position.

4. An attachment for an electric sadiron assembly including a base and a casing mounted thereon comprising an integrally formed heel rest and terminal guard providing a support for the iron in upstanding position, and a handle provided with a bracket for attaching said handle to the base, said heel rest having hooks at one side adapted to engage said casing when in tilted position and having an upward extending hook support on another side thereof, retaining means in the handle bracket adapted to engage said support while in tilted position to secure so that said bracket and the attached guard and heel rest are swung together from a tilted position upward into assembled position and there secured as a unit to said base.

5. In an electric sadiron assembly including a base for supportingthe parts, the combination of a shell, an attachment securable to the rear of the shell providing a support for the iron in upstanding position and a handle provided with a bracket for attaching said handle to the base. said attachment having downward extending hook elements at one side adapted to engage the casing when in a backward tilted position and having forwardly extending hook elements at the other side,retaining means in the handle bracket adapted to engage the forwardly extending hook elements to secure the attachment thereto 50 that the attachment may be swung from tilted position upward into an assembled position and a securing means for holding said bracket in place whereby the attachment is fastened immovably in position.

NORMAN D. van. 

